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I don’t know if it’ll be that long but he’s had contracts extended in the past

Not to worry about your experience in NS Billboard Onboard — my son Gabriel will be in the Nieuw Statendam’s Billboard Onboard starting at the beginning of Feb and he has perfect pitch LOL — there was a recent nice comment about his singing in BO on the Eurodam in this forum. (He doesn’t yet know who his partner will be though.)

My son has been on the Eurodam playing in Billboard Online — we went over New Year’s and everybody was singing along (we tried to film him and kept breaking into (less tuneful) song ourselves!)

We were on the Euro over New Year’s Eve — wonder if our paths crossed!

We just got off the Eurodam — lovely ship (my 3rd HAL ship). The sushi bar area in the Tamarind is also a nice no-cover a la carte venue within Tamarind.

Gabe and Stephen leave the 24th but Stephen said two friends of his are replacing them and they’re very good. (We just finished a week with G and S and they were great - « Bohemian Rhapsody » got a standing ovation last night!)

By the way, the Billboard pianists on the Eurodam usually do one request set a night and have an all-request show one day, so be thinking of your favorite songs...

LOL -- I'm a musician too -- and I know everybody's got their opinions, not a problem, this mom won't come after you...it's subjective and I've been on enough cruises to know that not every musician in every venue is wonderful. (I've winced...)

My son is one of the two Billboard Onboard singer-pianists on the Eurodam for the next few months -- and from what he says, he and his fellow pianist get along really well and are happy to take requests on music from various decades. He's a pretty wonderful singer (with perfect pitch, so your ears will appreciate it) and his performing partner has many skills as well. People DO sing along and "it's nice," he says, and they try to do a lot of call and response!

Just got off the Volendam, Deck 1. Had a lighted magnifying makeup mirror on the dresser plus another, unlighted, in a bag in a drawer

I traveled solo on the Zaandam and loved curling up in the library with a latte and an adventure memoir — I found it cozy. I ate in the Lido Grill most of the time and met many people. My son’s in the Ocean Bar Band so I’d hang out there solo in the evenings, too, chatting with others. and went to shows. Some excursions I did on my own.

My son’s in the Ocean Bar Band — they play a wide variety of songs, from Great American Songbook classics like “As Time Goes By” to hits from all the decades until today, plus some interesting songs in other languages and crowd favorites. They definitely create sets for both ballroom and pop dancers. My husband and I just finished a 16-day Zaandam Caribbean cruise and I’ve never danced so much (and I’m not much of a dancer LOL). They also played for the New Year’s Eve party and had a crowd dancing for hours on the Lido Deck!

I’m so sorry to hear about the incident. My son is on the cruise, playing piano and singing in the Ocean Bar Band, and even though he’s a young guy, I’m heartened that he goes onshore with his mates. It sounds as if you were strong and wise through the incident, though; kudos for that!

Funny that they’d show “Death on the Nile” a few days before going down the Ne but then I did notice there was a book on the Titanic in the library….